At the age of just 18, Manu Bhaker has won 8 gold medals in World Cup shooting representing the country. Apart from this, Manu is also a gold medalist in Commonwealth Games and Asian Shooting Championships. The young talent is now participating in the Tokyo Olympics. While talking to ABP News, Manu shared her practice schedules and aim to win gold.

A member of Serbia’s rowing team for the Olympics has tested positive for the COVID-19 after arriving in Japan for the upcoming Games which is set to get underway from July 23.

According to a report in Kyodo News which cited Japanese health ministry officials, an athlete of the rowing team was found to have contracted coronavirus when he was tested upon arrival at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Saturday.

The health official said the concerned person has been isolated and four other members, who travelled with him have been sent to a facility near the airport.

The rowing team had been scheduled to train in Nanto in central Japan but their training is likely to be cancelled.

Meanwhile, International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set to arrive in Japan on Thursday, July 8, with just over two weeks to go until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

Upon his arrival, the IOC President will work remotely. His official programme of in-person and remote meetings with arriving delegations, Games stakeholders and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will then commence on July 12.

His destinations are registered, and his activities will be conducted under the strict rules defined by the Playbooks.

A visit to Hiroshima on July 16 to mark the start of the Olympic Truce is currently being arranged for President Bach. For John Coates, Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, a visit to Nagasaki is being planned on this day.

The IOC Executive Board meeting will then take place in Tokyo on July 17 and 18, followed by the 138th IOC Session on July 20.

Tokyo Olympics are slated to go ahead from July 23 to August 8. The Games were scheduled for last year, but it had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

India will be testing its luck in Tokyo Olympics 2021 amid Coronavirus. For the festival of games, Indian sportsmen and women are ready to win big. Vinesh Phogat, a Wrestler, said that she would win at any cost as she was so passionate about it. Apart from her, India hopes huge from Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, etc.

This time players from 206 teams including 195 countries are expected to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. If we look at the team of athletes going to the Tokyo Olympics this time, there are many such players who have a lot of chances of winning medals. In this, Indian female badminton player P.V. Sindhu, boxer M.C. Players like Mary Kom, Amit Panghal and wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat are included.

Tokyo Olympics organising committee on Monday confirmed that the spectator limit for the Games has been set at 50 percent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people.

The decision on the Paralympic Games will be made by July 16. Residents of Japan will be allowed to attend the Games this summer.

“During a meeting held between the five parties earlier today, the IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan agreed for the spectator limit for the Olympic Games to be set at “50 percent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people” at all venues, taking into consideration the government’s restrictions on public events,” the organising committee said in an official statement.

The spectator limit for the Olympic Games will be set at 50% of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people at all venues.

For more information on what was agreed upon at today’s five-party meeting: https://t.co/On7tfGKidm

— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) June 21, 2021

The IOC and IPC were informed of the policies the Japanese parties decided on and supported the measures. The current competition schedule remains unchanged. In principle, spectators will be admitted to events subject to the above limits.

Students in the schools’ spectator programme and their supervisors will not be considered in these limits and will be treated separately, as they are not spectators.

In the event that a state of emergency or other priority measures aimed at preventing infection are implemented at any time after July 12, restrictions on the number of spectators at the Games, including non-spectator competitions, will be based on the content of the state of emergency or other relevant measures in force at that time.

In the event of any rapid change in infection status and in the capacity of the medical care system, a five-party meeting will be held promptly to consider further measures.

The Japanese parties have formulated guidelines for spectators aimed at ensuring safe and secure environments. These stipulate that masks should be worn in venues at all times; speaking in a loud voice or shouting will be prohibited; congestion should be avoided by means of appropriate announcements; and visitors should leave venues in a staggered manner.

Given the COVID-19 situation, the Japanese parties intend to look into either cancelling or reducing the scale of any live sites and public viewing events to minimise the movement of people, review any other Games-related events, and establish new safe and secure ways of cheering and supporting the athletes.

A framework will be implemented to keep monitoring the status of infections and medical care using expert advice. The equivalent policies governing the Paralympic Games will be decided by July 16, a week before the opening of the Olympic Games.

In order to conduct safe and secure Games for the whole of Japan, there will be strong coordination and cooperation with local governments to ensure the above guidelines are followed.

The situation will be monitored in Japan and abroad, including the status of the different variants of the coronavirus, and all necessary action will be taken promptly. Vaccination of those involved with the Games will continue, and the vaccination status will be further updated.

Tokyo: With just 10 weeks remaining for the start of the Olympics on 23 July 2021, there has been pressure mounting on the Olympics committee to postpone or reschedule the sporting event due to the concerns surrounding Covid-19. The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to take place in the Japanese summer of 2020, but they were canceled as last year saw a surge in the cases of Covid-19.

CEO of the E-Commerce company, Rakuten Hiroshi Mikitani said that hosting Olympics this year is a “suicide mission” and he is trying to convince the government against it. The Olympics organization committee is facing heat from common Japanese people and also some Japanese celebrities. 

“I have been very straightforward and the fact that we are so late for the vaccination is dangerous to host a big international event,” Mikitani said CNN in an interview. 

“So, the risk is too big and… I’m against having the Tokyo Olympics this year,” he added. When asked if it is possible to cancel the event, Mikitani said ‘Everything is possible.”

“I have talked privately with people and many are not in favor of hosting Tokyo Olympics this year. To be honest, I call it a suicide mission and we should stop. We try to convince them (the Japanese government) but not successful so far,” he concluded. 

Naomi Osaka also ‘not sure’ about playing in Olympics

“I would feel, of course, definitely a bit sad, but at the end of the day, it’s an honour to play in the Olympics in the first place and if that’s what keeps people healthy, then I’m up for [playing behind closed doors],” Osaka said to BBC.

The four-time grand slam winner said, “I’m an athlete, and of course my immediate thought is that I want to play in the Olympics,” she said.

“But as a human, I would say we’re in a pandemic, and if people aren’t healthy, and if they’re not feeling safe, then it’s definitely a really big cause for concern.”

The Covid-19 cases in Japan are on a record high and so far, only 1% of the total Japanese population has been vaccinated. So, it is a risk to hold the Olympics in the middle of a pandemic.